Urban Survival Secrets

Another Food Storage Thought

Here in the mighty US of A, we have Thanksgiving coming up. Thanksgiving was a celebration that the settlers had with the natives as part of the harvest. They did not eat turkey, but many fine things like fish, squashes and venison.

I know that hunting season is upon many areas and some of our lucky friends will have some venison. If you can talk them into parting with a couple pound backstrap, you could really make a fine meal. On the Next Iron Chef, venison was used by both of the chefs. Check the recipes out on the food network dot com.

Now back to our regularly scheduled program – Food Storage.

With all of the food festivities coming up, you may want to take advantage of the food sales, especially canned goods. Plenty of stuff like pumpkin, beans and what not. The trick here is to store it properly and have a date clearly written on the label. Be sure to rotate your stock and use it however you can. Last but not least, only buy stuff that you will eat. As a friend once told me, yeah, I could eat grubs to survive, but why if there is other things that are more appetizing? Point well taken.

Lastly, with your cooked food – especially meats, be sure to practice good hygiene. Nothing like getting food poisoning from a piece of meat which had set out for more than a few hours. But hey, we are Urban survivalists – we know better. Maybe tell your enemies that doing that ages the meat and tenderizes it! Thats it, thats the ticket!